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Veteran Islamist leader Hassan Al-Turabi dies after a heart attack

Senior officials joined some 3,000 mourners on Sunday, at the funeral of veteran Islamist leader Hassan Turabi.Police were out in force as Turabi was laid to rest in the Burri cemetery, in the east of the capital. Mourners from his party, many of them wearing traditional robes and turbans, paraded banners bearing his photograph and paying tribute to his life. First Vice President Bakri Hassan Saleh was among several members of the government, who attended the ceremony. But President Omar al-Bashir was absent after flying out to Jakarta, for an Islamic summit that opens on Monday. Leaders offered their condolences after the 84-year-old's death from a heart attack.